Locket



P. BENJAMIN AND S. BURGER.

LOCKET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8. 1920.

Patented Dec. 14,1920.

UNITED STATES rice.

PHILIP BENJAMIN, OF NEW YORK, AND SAMUEL BURGER, OF BROOKLYN, NEVT YORK.

LOCKET.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, PHILIP BENJAMIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the boroiwh and county of Bronx, city and State of New York, and SAMUEL Bononn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lockets, of which the: following is a specification. 7

Our invention relates particularly to means for incasing the container portions of lockets for miniature portraits, keepsakes, e'tc., such as are designed primarily for use as pendents uponneck-chains, ribbons or similar flexible suspenders, in a manner well known in the jewelry art,- o ur object being to obviate theobjections to the hinged or snap covers with which such locket containers are usually provided, and to render said containers conveniently detachable from their incasements.

To this end our invention consists in the specific construction and arrangement of parts described and claimed, distinctive features being the formation of the incasement in such manner that the container may be withdrawn from or inserted laterally through the edge thereof, in contradistinction to the old method of making the container and incasement unitary in character as heretofore; and in interlocking means for detachably securing said container and incasement together, as hereinafter set forth,it being understood that by the term container as herein used we mean to designatethe inner holder in which the miniature or other keepsake is actually mounted, and by the term incasement the external envelop in which the said container is itself normally inclosed.

In the accompanying drawings, we show our invention as embodied in a locket of simple flat circular shape for simplicity and convenience of illustration, it being understood that the ornamental design or configuration of the .device forms no part of our present invention, and that we do not limit ourselves in this respect,-the essential feature in thisconnection being the mechanical structure of the container and its incasement, in such manner that they may be detachably secured together, substantially as hereinafter indicated.

Speoi'fication'of Letters Patent. PgLt nt@d,DQc 14 1332K} Application filed June a, 1920. Serial No. 387,345.

' Figure 1, is an elevation of either one of the flat sides of our improved locket;

Fig. 2, is an edge elevation thereof;

Fig. 3, is a top view thereof;

Fig. 4c, is a top view of the ineasement 5.1? without the container;

Fig. 5, is an elevation of one face or side of the container; t

"Fig. 6, is an edge elevation of the container; I

Fig. 7, is a top view of the container;

Fig. 8, is a section of the incasement taken on line 88, Fig. 2, and showing the container in elevation;

Fig. 9, is the same section of the incaseto ment without the container;

Fig. 10, is a section of the incasement taken upon line 10-10, Fig. 11; and

Fig. 11, is a side elevation of the incasement without the container.

The incasement I, may be of any desirec' external configuration provided it is formed with a pocket or recess 2', adapted to commodate the container C, and with an edge or lateral opening 2'', through which said container 0, may be inserted or removed.

The container 0, may be either single or double faced, and may be constructed in any desired manner known to the art. Its upper part c, is preferably" formed in conformity with the shape of the upper portion of the incasemen't I, so asto completely close the aperture 2", in the edge of the latter when inserted therein, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 8, of the drawings,-it being also formed with shoulders c, c, which contact with the end edges 2' 2' of the opening in the incasement I, as shown more particularly in Fig. 8, of the drawings.

The container C, is formed with the usual loop or link 0 for engagement with a suspending chain, cord, ribbon or the like, for neck wear; and it is detachably secured to and within the incasement I, by the use of any suitable mechanical expedient, so that we do not limit ourselves in this respect, the indispensable feature being the edge aperture 2", for the insertion or removal of the container C, in alinement with the main plane of the incasement, I, in conjunction with means for detachably coupling together the two parts named.

By preference we use a snap fastening or fastenings, as shown in the drawings, for

thus detachably connecting the incasenient l, to the container (J. Thus twin elastic resilient catches or detents i 71 having their shanks countersunk in the inner wall of the incasement I, may be provided for engagement with protuberant shoulders 0 0 formed for the purpose on the upper edge of:

the container (J,-the pushing back toward each other of the outer ends of said spring latches e1 71 releasing the container C, while the act of inserting the container fully into the incasemont I, automatically effects the interlocking of the parts.

By our invention we dispense with the snap or hinge covers heretofore used for the protection or the container portions of lockets oi this character and thereby obviate the objections to the use of such covers, such as the difliculty or opening, the obstruction oi view, etc, and this we accomplish while affording ample protection to the container when incased, at the same time facilitating inspection.

What we claim as our invention and do sire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a lock t of the character designated the combination of an incasenient formed with an edge aperture, a keepsake container adapted to be inserted into and removed from said incaseinent through said edge aperture in alinement with the main plane of said incaseinent, and elastic resilient means actuated by the insertion of the container for snap enga ei. ent with means on the ex terior of the. container for detachably securing said keepsake container and said incasenient together, for the purpose described.

2. In a locket of the character designated the combination of an incasement formed with an edge aperture, a keepsake container adapted to be inserted into and removed from said incasement through said edge aperture in al'inement with the main plane of said incasement, and interlocking means actuated by the insertion of the container for detachably securing said keepsake container and said incasement together, said means embodying resilient members on the incasement and fixed means in the exterior of the container for snap cooperation therewith, for the purpose described.

3. In a locket of the character designated, the combination of an incasement formed with an edge aperture, a keepsake container adapted to be inserted into and removed from said incasement through said edge ap erture in alinement with the main plane of said incaseinent, said container being formed with a suspender loop and with shoulders adjacent said loop on the exterior of the container for engagement with the end edges of said edge aperture in the inoasement, and m ans actuated by the insertion of the container for detachably securing said keepsake container and said incaseinent together, for the purpose described.

4. In a locket of the character designated, the combination of an incasement formed with an edge aperture, a keepsake container adapted to be inserted into and removed from said incasenient through said edge aperture in alinement with the main plane of said incasement, said container being formed with a suspender loop and with shoulders for engagement with the end edges of said edge aperture in the inoasement, and means for detachably securing said keepsake container and said incasement together, consisting of twin spring latches in the incasement adapted toengage with shoulders on the container, for the purpose described.

PHILIP BENJAMIN. SAMUEL BURGER. Witnesses:

Donornr MIATT, Gno. WM. MIATT. 

